Exercise Therapy Device

a technology for exercise therapy and devices, applied in the direction of cardiovascular exercise devices, gymnastic exercise, sport apparatus, etc., can solve the problems of not being able to watch or listen exercisers cannot perform exercise while watching or listening to an ordinary movie or music at a normal reproducing speed, and exercisers cannot watch

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-07-17
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC ENG CO LTD
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[0012]According to the exercise therapy device of the present invention, the menu items for allowing the exerciser to select a content that the exerciser wants to watch or listen to are sequentially displayed on the display devic

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However, the exerciser cannot perform exercise while watching or listening to an ordinary movie or music at a normal reproducing speed.
Accordingly, it is impossible to reproduce various contents at a normal reproducin

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[0016]FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an ergobike according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[0017]An exercise therapy device according to the embodiment of the present invention is described by taking an ergobike 1 as an example thereof. However, the present invention can be applied to any exercise therapy device as long as the exercise therapy device is provided with a member which is driven at a speed varying with exercise intensity, such as a pedalling speed of a pedal or a running speed of a belt.

[0018]The ergobike 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a load device 5, a tachometer 6, AV equipment 7, a display device 8, and a control device 9. The load device 5 includes a pedal rotating shaft 4 which is joined to pedals 3 to be pedalled by an exerciser riding on a saddle 2 and applied with a mechanical load in a reverse rotation direction t...

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To provide an exercise therapy device capable of highly motivating an exerciser to continue exercise therapy, the exercise therapy device equipped with AV equipment and a rotation shaft includes: a rotation speed detection unit; a display unit for displaying menu items of contents and the content reproduced by the AV equipment; a menu selection unit for sequentially displaying the menu items of contents when the rotation shaft is rotating and, when one of the menu items has been externally selected, confirming the one of the menu items as a menu to be displayed by the AV equipment; and a reproduction speed setting unit for setting a constant or a variable speed. The AV equipment reproduces the content at one of the predetermined constant speed or the variable speed which is set when the rotation shaft is rotating, and stops reproducing the content when the rotation shaft is stopped.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to an exercise therapy device used by an athlete, an exerciser in postoperative recovery of orthopedic surgery, an exerciser with cerebrovascular disorder, or the like, for the purpose of exercise therapy.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]A conventional exercise therapy device includes a treadmill as an example, which is provided with a driving device for driving an endless belt for running of the treadmill, an operation panel for selecting an operation speed of the driving device and image information in a database to be output on a display device, and a landscape display device for displaying images on the display device through a control section for performing a process of displaying and outputting images in conjugation with the operation speed of the driving device.[0005]When the treadmill has entered a running state in which the endless belt for running which is driven by th...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B24/00
CPCA63B22/0235A63B24/0059A63B71/0622A63B71/0686A63B22/0605A63B2220/30A63B2220/34A63B2225/20A63B2024/0078
Inventor YOSHIDA, KEIZOSAKAUE, MAKOTO
Owner MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC ENG CO LTD
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